"I'm a father myself. Stop. We got a call that somebody was walking with an infant," he can be heard telling Mumma, who then hands the child to the deputy.

"Here you go, man. It is what it is," Mumma said.

"[He] appeared to be under the influence of some kind of narcotic," Birdge told FOX 13 News during an interview Tuesday. "I didn't want him to run, because of the child, and I really didn't want him to fight because of the kid."

Investigators said Mumma would later admit he had taken the drug Molly about two hours earlier.

Deputies said they could tell he was high and was becoming "aggitated and aggressive" as they tried to search him. That's when the two deputies tackled Mumma to the ground, while Birge cradled the baby with one arm.

"My biggest fear was that, in his paranoid and drug-induced state, he was going to hit Little Road and at that point there was not going to be much I could do," Birge said, adding he's thankful the child is fine. "This is one of those calls where this is the reason you get into law enforcement. We made a difference that day."

Deputies bought a bottle and diapers to care for the baby while they waited for family members to arrive.

Mumma was charged with child neglect and resisting arrest. His relationship to the child was unclear.